First person to use this name on MO: Erlon Bailey
Editors: I. G. Safonov
Observations of:
this name (165)
this taxon, other names (0)
this taxon, any name (165)
other taxa, this taxon proposed (92)
Rank: Species
Status: Accepted
Name: Fomes fomentarius
Author: (L.) Fr.
Citation: Summa veg. Scand., Sectio Post. (Stockholm): 321 (1849)
Deprecated Synonyms: Boletus fomentarius L., Agaricus fomentarius (L.) Lam., Elfvingia fomentaria (L.) Murrill, Elfvingiella fomentaria (L.) Murrill, Ochroporus fomentarius (L.) J. Schröt., Placodes fomentarius (L.) Quél., Polyporus fomentarius (L.) Fr., Pyropolyporus fomentarius (L.) Teng, Scindalma fomentarium (L.) Kuntze, Polyporus fomentarius (L.) G. Mey., Boletus ungulatus Bull., Polyporus mirus Kalchbr., Polyporus introstuppeus Berk. & Cooke, Fomes nigrescens Lloyd, Polyporus fomentarius var. lineatus Velen.
Domain: Eukarya
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales
Family: Polyporaceae
Genus: Fomes
North American collections should be compared to Fomes excavatus; southern European collections with Fomes inzengae. -EBB